"I don’t think there’s been any proof thus far that Sandy was caused by climate change," the governor told reporters. "But I would absolutely expect that that’s exactly what WNYC would say, because you know liberal public radio always has an agenda."

Christie's remark was in response to a question posed by WNYC/New Jersey Public Radio in which the governor was asked if the state had properly prepared such agencies as NJ Transit for climate change.

When pressed further, Christie responded in his typical aggressive fashion, telling the NJPR reporter, "Since I disagree with the premise of your question I don’t feel like I have to answer the rest of it."

In late October, Sandy swept across the Northeast shoreline killing 182 people and causing billions of dollars worth of damage in the process.

Christie's stance appears to have shifted in recent years, having in the past gone against many in his party on the issue of climate change.

In 2011, the Republican governor called climate change "real," going on to say that "human activity plays a role in these changes."

"I can’t claim to fully understand all of this," Christie said in July 2011. "Certainly not after just a few months of study. But when you have over 90 percent of the world’s scientists who have studied this stating that climate change is occurring and that humans play a contributing role, it’s time to defer to the experts."

In his latest apparent shift to the right, Christie could be trying to court the GOP base for a likely 2016 presidential run, considering many conservatives view him as a Northeastern moderate who aided President Barack Obama in the last days of the 2012 election.